A heart-wrenching first novel about the power of place and family ties, the weight of the stories we choose to tell, and the burden of those we hideFrozen in grief after the loss of her son at sea, Edith Baines stares across the water at a schooner, under full sail yet motionless in the winter wind and surging tide of the Northern Reach. Edith seems to be hallucinating. Or is she? Edith's boat-watch opens The Northern Reach, set in the coastal town of Wellb...

A heart-wrenching first novel about the power of place and family ties, the weight of the stories we choose to tell, and the burden of those we hideFrozen in grief after the loss of her son at sea, Edith Baines stares across the water at a schooner, under full sail yet motionless in the winter wind and surging tide of the Northern Reach. Edith seems to be hallucinating. Or is she? Edith’s boat-watch opens The Northern Reach, set in the coastal town of Well...